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Pushing rich content information to mobile devices

a rich content and mobile device technology, applied in the field of providing content to mobile clients, can solve the problems that mobile devices, however, may require more substantial transformations than others

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-14
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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The present invention is a mobile gateway that can customize content based on the operating characteristics of various mobile clients. The mobile gateway can transform content like email, web, financial data, sports information, notifications, schedules, contacts, and configuration data, etc. The mobile gateway can support a wide range of mobile devices and can deliver transformed content to clients as requested. The same content can be transformed for multiple mobile clients and the mobile gateway provides constant mobile access to content for a wide variety of mobile clients without adding burdens on the content source. The invention allows for customization at the mobile gateway without requiring changes to the content server.

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Some mobile devices, however, may require more substantial transforms than others.

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[0025]The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for customizing content based on the operating characteristics of mobile clients. As noted earlier, a mobile client's operating characteristics encompasses any consideration that is relevant to a content source in providing the mobile client with content, including communication link, differences in hardware or software, and the subjective interests of a mobile client user. In other words, anything and everything between a content source and a mobile client, including the source and client themselves, is within the meaning of an operating characteristic. A mobile gateway receives the content and applies an appropriate transform based on one or more operating characteristics of the mobile clients that will receive the content. Using a mobile gateway allows for support of new mobile clients without requiring modifications to the content server. Furthermore, the additional burdens of customizing cont...

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Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for customizing content based on at least one operating characteristic of a mobile client. A mobile gateway receives content from a content source, such as an email server, a Web server, or some other content server. For example, content may include email, calendar, contact, task, Web, notification, financial, sports data, configuration information, etc. The mobile gateway customizes the content based on transforms assigned to each mobile client. Transforms account for differences in the software, display, processor, memory, communication channel, and the like, of each mobile client, without imposing additional processing burdens on the content server. Processing that is common among several transforms may be shared. Mobile clients may be any type of computer, including telephones, pagers, PDAs, laptops, and other mobile gateways.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 771,338, filed on Jan. 26, 2001, entitled “Pushing Rich Content Information to Mobile Devices,” the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. The Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to providing content to mobile clients. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer program products for customizing content based on one or more operating characteristics of a mobile client.[0004]2. Background and Related Art[0005]In past years, access to electronic content, such as email, Web pages, financial data, sports information, etc., typically has occurred from either a home or office computer. These home and office computers may be classified in two broad categories, laptop computers and desktop computers. The selection between laptop and desktop generally...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16G06F17/30G06Q10/10H04L12/58H04L29/06H04L29/08
CPCG06F17/30905G06Q10/107H04L12/5835H04L29/06H04L51/066H04L67/2823H04L67/303H04L67/04H04L67/02H04L12/583H04L12/585H04L12/5895H04L51/063H04L67/289H04L69/329G06F16/9577H04L51/212H04L51/58H04L67/565H04L9/40
Inventor FISHMAN, NEILKADYK, DONCURTIS, BRENTSEINFELD, MARCLEDSOME, MARK
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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